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Fix Outlook error “ the file xxxx.pst is not a personal folders file”

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The Outlook application is the most popular installed email client all the time. Though it has a number of advanced features, sometimes you may still encounter bewildered error messages.

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Occasionally, while working with your Outlook email client or importing a PST file, you may come across an error : “the file xxxx.pst is not a personal folders file”, as below:

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First, you can launch the Outlook built-in tool ScanPST.exe to repair the compromised PST file, as follows:1. Launch “ScanPST.exe”.

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2. Using the “Browse” button to select the PST file to be repaired.

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3. Next, click the “Start” button to initiate the checking process. The application will start checking the file and show the progress.

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4. After the checking process, the tool will report the errors found. Then, you can click the “Repair” to fix the errors. Select the check box “making a backup of the scanned file before repairing” is a good practice to safeguard your data file.

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5. Once the error-fix process succeeds, you can use files normally.

However, many times, the corruption is too complex for ScanPST to fix it.

To repair a PST file breezily, you can also take the help of DataNumen Outlook Repair.

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